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Morning roundup: pick of the comment
Our pick of the morning reading1. ‘Notion of mistrust’ blocking route to home working? (CBR)The technology is available to enable successful home working – but the attitude of bosses is holding it back, according to a panel of experts at a recent
‘Notion of mistrust’ blocking route to home working?
As society becomes ever more connected, bosses at businesses across the UK need to change their attitude towards remote working to be able to realise its full potential, according to a panel of experts from the world of technology, transport and
Hasso Plattner admits SAP needs to build customer trust
Chairman Hasso Plattner was keen to stress the positives of Leo Apotheker’s stint at SAP during a corporate webcast today and to quell some of the rumours circulating about the CEO’s abrupt departure.Plattner denied claims that the troubled
Morning roundup: pick of the comment
Our pick of the morning reading1. Six year old Facebook heads into uncharted territory (The Guardian)By the time Google reached its sixth birthday, it was a public company. Amazon, meanwhile, was turning its first profit. So where does Facebook go
SAP chief quits suddenly
Leo Apotheker’s surprise departure from SAP less than a year after taking over the CEO top job hints that all is not well at the software vendor.His resignation – by “mutual agreement” – came Sunday night after the company’s supervisory board
Morning roundup: our pick of the comment
1. Touchscreen Alone on Kindle Isn’t Enough to Compete With Future Devices (GigaOm)Following Amazon’s purchase of touchscreen tech firm Touchco, it looks like the retailer could be going head to head with Apple. Kevin C. Tofel looks at that
Twitter faces “Big Brother” test
There was an interesting item on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme this morning about social media. Five journalists from French speaking radio stations are currently locked away in a secluded farmhouse in France with no access to news apart from
CBR Podcast: Novell CEO on his bold new strategy part1
I caught up with the president and CEO of Novell, Ron Hovsepian recently, to find out more about the company’s recently announced Intelligent Workload Management strategy.
Of course, I also took the opportunity to ask whether he still believes
Pressure builds on IT public-sector jobs
We may officially be out of recession – though a growth rate of 0.1% hardly seems much to crow about – but there’s little to cheer about in government IT recruitment.Local authority spending on IT staff will plummet by 10% this year as budgets have
Quality Assurance: too little, too late
From the times of the earliest craftsmen through to ISO 9000, quality assurance has been key to any product development. So why is it still not getting the attention it deserves in the IT industry?A white paper today issued by IDC shows that only